Relationships can surprise you, astound you or break you. Your happiness depends on how you look at the relationship after it’s over if it ends.
Marriage
My dad always said, "Before you marry keep both eyes open." So you really see who you will spend the rest of your life with. "After you marry, close one eye." Forgive and overlook little things.
The One
My brother said, "You may have to meet and talk to a hundred people to find love, but it only takes one to make a difference."
Power
When you fall in love, your lover holds your heart. Surrender your heart to a gentle soul.
It's getting close to the end of summer. So enjoy the good weather on an awesome date! Here are some suggestions for sporty outdoor activities.
And in the next posting I'll suggest some non-sporty dates for those who want to relax in the sun.
Okay, I'm not an outdoorsy person. From my non-dating experience of getting bug bites that got infected and lobster-colored sunburns, I'd advise you all to bring: lots of sunscreen, water to stay hydrated, and insect repellent with Deet.
Also guys, tell your date in advance to wear appropriate clothing and shoes. You don't want her to wear high heels on a 3-mile hike. Ouch!
Search these activities online to find places in your area.
10 Charts About Sex is hilarious research taken from hundreds of millions of members of OkCupid, a free dating site in the U.S. My cousin sent me info about their blog OkTrends.
I’ll discuss some of the charts and you can also check it out. Just click on the link above.
Chart #2: Is Your Ideal Sex Rough or Gentle?
The percentages surprised me. Around 50% of older men around 60 like rough sex – isn't that weird? And less than 5% of women around that age group enjoy rough sex. I wonder how older couples can be sexually compatible.
*For the sake of privacy, I changed the man's name to Romeo.
When I first met Romeo, I thought he was straight. He was about
5’ 7” and nearly 50 lbs. overweight. He spoke with a low husky voice and he had a deep, hearty laugh. He was funny, but he wasn’t my type physically.
During the first week we met, I thought Romeo was flirting when he spoke to me in Mandarin with the few words that he learned from a friend. Although Romeo was not Chinese and I’m not fluent in Mandarin, I still understood him.
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He also sang to me with a song that had my name in the lyrics. And I thought how romantic – he’s serenading me. This guy likes me. He wants me.
Many years ago when I first started dating my ex-boyfriend, I couldn’t concentrate on food because I was constantly thinking about him.
And I tossed and turned in bed picking through every detail about what he had said to me, how he said it, what he wore, how his hands looked, everything.
Nowadays I’m not dating anyone. So I get seven to eight hours of sleep and I wake up refreshed.
In regards to food, my stomach thanks me as I ate a plate of salad, half an Yves vegetarian-ham sandwich, orange juice, half a mango, and a scoop and a half of butter pecan ice cream.
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Humor me and pretend he's running around in my mind.
Is that what being in love or infatuation is like? Unintentionally starving myself and creating bags under my eyes because some guy is running the treadmill of my mind?
Well apparently there are signs that one is in love.
In this Psychology Today.com Article thousands of happily married couples who have been married for 30 to 77 years on six continents of the world could vouch for the seven signs to indicate that a person is in love or infatuated.
What shocked me most about the singles’ poll results in the USA Today article (written a few months ago) was that it said that 35% of one-night stands ended up being long-term relationships. “Men, Women Flip the Script in Gender Expectation”
That’s scary; imagine shaking hands with a total stranger; then three hours later getting naked in front of him or her. Creepy!
But apparently about a third of the people are jumping into bed. After the sex, they begin dating and getting to know one another.
♥Why did I waste $ on this movie? I could have had a meal for the price I paid to see this in the theater. Or thank God I checked it out of the library.
♥ ♥ It’s okay, but I’d tell others to go to the library to check it out.
♥ ♥ ♥I loved it, and I would recommend it or give it as a gift to my movie buff friends.
Darn – if I knew I was going to write about the couple who was in the early stages of making-out, I would have studied them more.
A few nights ago my mom and I decided to have Italian food. We got to the restaurant an hour before it closed. There were people eating at five of the tables in the dining area. And there were five or six people at the bar area with their backs toward the dining room.
*All names in this story have been changed to protect the privacy of those involved.
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This is the continuation of a two-part series. Part one of my friend P.I.’s story was called P. I. And The Missing Jewelry. The previous story dealt with how tormented he felt about a decision he had made concerning a woman he had met at a musical. This is another one of his dating stories I’d like to share with you.
*All names in this story have been changed to protect the privacy of those involved.
This is not P.I., but a representation of him. (Shutterstock)
A few months back my buddy, who lives on one of the Pacific Islands, contacted me and sought my advice about women. We'll call him P.I. He is Asian and in his late thirties.
As we spoke over the phone, he told me about an incident that happened the day before. I asked if I could interview him, and this is the first dating story.
First off I want to thank everyone who voted in the first poll, "How many times have you been in love?"
Before the results were calculated, I predicted that there would be people who have never been in love before. But it turns out that everyone who voted had been in love at least once.
It’s good to know that we all have such tender hearts. And we have all been through the exhilaration and pangs of love.
I also predicted that the majority of people would vote that they had been in love three times.
I imagined that most of you who went to a co-ed high school (unlike myself who had to wear plaid for twelve years -- elementary school included) would have had a high school sweetheart, a girlfriend or boyfriend after high school, and perhaps married a third person after that.
Bruno Mars, the Hawaiian-born musician wooed the hearts of many with his Grammy Award-winning "Just the Way You Are." He won Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the event this month.
Mars, born Peter Gene Hernandez, is of Puerto Rican and Filipino descent. When he was a toddler, he acquired his stage name when his father nicknamed him "Bruno" because of his resemblance to professional wrestler Bruno Sammartino.
The singer explained how he thought up his last name in a Rap-Up.com article by Georgette Cline: “The Mars came up just because I felt like I didn’t have no pizzazz, and a lot of girls say I’m out of this world, so I was like I guess I’m from Mars.” (The article mentioned his age as twenty-three ten months ago, but Wikipedia and another site say he's currently 25 years old.)
Coming from a musical family where everyone sings and plays instruments, Mars plays piano, guitar, bass, and congas. His brother Eric is a drummer in the band as well.
Not only are Bruno Mars and the model nice to look at in this video, but the concept with the cassette tape reel in the video is very creative. It was a wonderful idea by the video’s creator. Enjoy!
Since Valentine’s Day was yesterday, some of you without a sweetheart may have felt down about being single.
Or even if you do have a boyfriend or girlfriend or spouse, yesterday may not have been what you expected.
Believe me, I know how it feels. Many years ago a guy I dated -- not a boyfriend -- told me two or three days after Valentine's Day that he didn't want to see me anymore.
Welcome to Date to Relate! We hope you all had a great Valentine's Day. We decided upon starting this love, dating, relationship blog on Valentine's Day because it was the perfect occasion to discuss and celebrate love.
